prizer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prizer
Example Sentences
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A prizer of good company, In manners pleasant and severe; The good him loved, the bad did fear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where be these gallants, and their brave prizer here?
From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben
But value dwells not in opinion only: It holds the dignity and estimation, As well, wherein 'tis precious of itself, As in the prizer: 'tis idolatry, To make the service greater than the god.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
He is an ill prizer of foreign commodity; worse of his own, for that he rates too high, this under value.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
Appeareth no man yet, to answer the prizer? no voice?—Music, give them their summons.
From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben
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